Life of Michael Bruce: Poet of Loch LevenJ. M. Dent, 1905 - 243 pagina's |
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... WITNESSES IN FAVOUR OF MICHAEL BRUCE'S RIGHT TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE " ODE TO THE CUCKOO " AND OTHER PIECES , ALSO , THAT HE HAD FOR THE PUBLICATION OF HIS WORKS PREPARED 117 CHAP . X. LIFE OF REV . JOHN LOGAN XI ix.
... WITNESSES IN FAVOUR OF MICHAEL BRUCE'S RIGHT TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE " ODE TO THE CUCKOO " AND OTHER PIECES , ALSO , THAT HE HAD FOR THE PUBLICATION OF HIS WORKS PREPARED 117 CHAP . X. LIFE OF REV . JOHN LOGAN XI ix.
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... In him was " the poet's strain inspired , the hero's heavenly flame . " Our national bard , Robert Burns , admired his writings , and caught from them inspiration , as embodied in two of his grandest pieces , " The INTRODUCTION 5.
... In him was " the poet's strain inspired , the hero's heavenly flame . " Our national bard , Robert Burns , admired his writings , and caught from them inspiration , as embodied in two of his grandest pieces , " The INTRODUCTION 5.
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Poet of Loch Leven James Mackenzie. embodied in two of his grandest pieces , " The Cottar's Saturday Night , " and Bruce's address to his army at Bannockburn , " Scots wha hae . " Bruce writes : - " Thou guardian angel of Britannia's ...
Poet of Loch Leven James Mackenzie. embodied in two of his grandest pieces , " The Cottar's Saturday Night , " and Bruce's address to his army at Bannockburn , " Scots wha hae . " Bruce writes : - " Thou guardian angel of Britannia's ...
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... pieces which were untampered with have been pronounced << as among the sweetest and most moving compositions in the English language , " and when men like Henry Mackenzie , Edmund Burke , Lord Justice - Clerk Craig and others have ...
... pieces which were untampered with have been pronounced << as among the sweetest and most moving compositions in the English language , " and when men like Henry Mackenzie , Edmund Burke , Lord Justice - Clerk Craig and others have ...
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... pieces belonging to Bruce ought to have been distinguished by some particular mark , for the internal evidence , as the present writer has experienced in several instances , is a fallacious and 82 LIFE OF MICHAEL BRUCE.
... pieces belonging to Bruce ought to have been distinguished by some particular mark , for the internal evidence , as the present writer has experienced in several instances , is a fallacious and 82 LIFE OF MICHAEL BRUCE.
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acquaintance Adam Ferguson afterwards Alexander Bruce amongst Anderson Arnot of Portmoak Arnot Tower authorship Balgedie ballad Benarty Bishopshire Bookseller Bruce's MSS Bruce's poems Bruce's writings character claim Cleish copy of Bruce's Cuckoo David Pearson DEAR death desire Dr Baird Dr Carlyle Dr Mackelvie Dr Robertson Edinburgh University edition of Bruce's evidence favour favourite Forest Mill friends Gairney Bridge hand hymns interest intimate Inveresk James Bruce John Birrell John Logan Kinnesswood Kinross Kinross-shire knew known Laird Leith lines literary Loch Leven Logan's letters Lomond Hills London Lord Mackenzie Maston Michael Bruce Milnathort mind moral notice parish Pathhead pieces poet's father poetic poetry preface Principal Baird Professor publication published reader refers regarding Runnamede sermons son's stanza statement Stirling Street student tion Varro verse village wood words written wrote Yarrow young poet youth
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Pagina 71 - I see the muddy wave, the dreary shore, The sluggish streams that slowly creep below, Which mortals visit, and return no more. Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains!
Pagina 101 - Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine ; 'And after one hour more, 'twill be eleven ; \And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, \And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot, j And thereby hangs a tale.
Pagina 122 - Alas ! sweet bird ! not so my fate, Dark scowling skies I see Fast gathering round, and fraught with woe And wintry years to me.
Pagina 70 - Now, Spring returns : but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Pagina 202 - THE peace of Heaven attend thy shade, My early friend, my favourite maid ! When life was new, companions gay, We hailed the morning of our day. Ah ! with what joy did I behold The flower of beauty fair unfold, And feared no storm to blast thy bloom Or bring thee to an early tomb. Untimely gone ! for ever fled The roses of the cheek so red ; Th' affection warm, the temper mild, The sweetness that in sorrow smiled.
Pagina 142 - I'll sleep in Yarrow. — The tear did never leave her cheek, No other youth became her marrow ; She found his body in the stream, And now with him she sleeps in Yarrow. J. Logan WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW Down in yon garden sweet and gay Where bonnie grows the lily, I heard a fair maid sighing say,
Pagina 6 - Wi' thee to reign, wi" thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Pagina 230 - Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before Thy throne of grace; God of our fathers, be the God Of their succeeding race.
Pagina 230 - BEHOLD ! the mountain of the Lord In latter days shall rise On mountain tops, above the hills, And draw the wondering eyes. 2 To this the joyful nations round, All tribes and tongues shall flow ; Up to the hill of God, they'll say, And to his house we'll go.
Pagina 65 - Thus sung the youth, amid unfertile wilds And nameless deserts, unpoetic ground! Far from his friends he...